center and corner piece style

A common style of decoration, essentially Eastern
in origin, featuring a center ornament, circular
or (occasionally) oval in shape, and often ARABESQUE , in
combination with corner pieces generally made up
of a quarter segment of the center ornament. The
style was common on the Continent and especially
in England from about 1580 to 1620. See also: CENTERPIECE . (243 , 347 )